Tshiab Headphones los ntawm 2014 Xyoo Rocky Mountain Audio

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10 Caij tshiab Lub Headphones los ntawm lub 2014 Rocky Mountain Audio Fest

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Lub Rocky Mountain Audio Fest yog cov khoom siv loj tshaj plaws nyob hauv North America. Tsis tas li ntawd, yuav tau txais ib qho khoom plig zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov neeg hais lus siab, amps, tig mus thiab cov suab digital, RMAF kuj muaj xws li CanJam, lub tsev ballroom uas muaj cov lus qhia ntawm lub mloog pob ntseg thiab lub mloog pob ntseg - txhua yam uas muaj rau koj mloog kev lom zem.

Ntawm no yog 10 lub taubhau txias ntawm lub 2014 Rocky Mountain Sound Fest, raws li kuv.

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MrSpeakers Alpha aub Lub taub hau me ntsis

Brent Butterworth

Tus Theem Alpha Au yog lub suab paj nruag tshiab nkaus xwb uas hnov ​​ntawm RMAF uas yuav muab Audexes tshiab khiav rau lawv cov nyiaj - tab sis thaum $ 599, nws yog nyiaj tsawg . Txij li thaum tam sim no, MrSpeakers ua nws cov headphones tsuas yog hloov Fostex kev headphones. Ib qho kev lag luam tshiab hauv 3D printers tam sim no muab lub tuam txhab muaj ntau txheej kev ua haujlwm ntawm lub cev.

Lub Alpha Dog tseem siv ntau Fostex yam, tab sis cov 3D-sau ntawv thaiv yog fabricated nyob rau hauv MrSpeakers 'San Diego hoobkas. Ntxiv qhov mob hnyav thaum tuav qhov hnyav, qhov thaiv tau ob phab ntsa sib cais los ntawm ib sab hauv qab - ib yam dab tsi uas yuav tsis tshua kim yog tias nws muaj kab-molded. Tus qauv tsim kuj sib txuas ib qho chaw nres nkoj uas yuav kho kom haum nrog lub hau ntsaws rau cov lus nug hauv siab. Nws yog coated nrog tsib-txheej automotive xim tiav nyob rau hauv ib tug zoo nkauj maroon tsos xim zoo nkauj.

Kuv xav tias Alpha dev tau hais tias tsuas yog huv thiab tsis ua raws li, nrog me ntsis thawv rau hauv cov ntses bass thaj tsam kom muab nws ib qho nyiaj xwb. Thiab nws yog raws li comfy raws li koj nyiam tog hauv ncoo.

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Audeze LCD-X thiab LCD-XC Headphones

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Lub tshav pob ntawm Audexe tshiab saum toj no kuv twb tau them nyob rau hauv ib daim duab saib ua ntej, tab sis kuv xav muab qee cov kev mloog zoo li no. Tus $ 1,699 LCD-X (sab laug thiab $ 1,799 LCD-XC tsis yog me ntsis reworkings ntawm Audeze tus universally praised LCD-3, lawv nyob nraum tiav reworkings, nrog cov tshiab planar nqus tsav tsheb lub tuam txhab hais tias yog +8 dB ntau npaum li ib tus lub LCD-3.

"Peb tsis tas kom nws, tab sis nyob rau hauv ib lub pinch, koj yuav nqai cov ncaj li ntawm koj lub xov tooj," ib tug tuam txhab spokesperson hais rau kuv. Cov qauv qub, zoo li, tsis tuaj yeem siv tau mloog ntau ntau yam uas tsis muaj kev pab los ntawm ib lub mloog zoo li lub mloog pob ntseg.

Hauv kuv cov lus luv luv, LCD-X rov qab qhib siab zoo li lub LCD-3, tab sis mas muaj ntau lub suab nrov thiab me ntsis zoo dua qub. Qhov rov qab LCD-XC suab tau zoo ib yam, tab sis tam sim no nyob ze li dav li LCD-X - tab sis, ntawm chav kawm, kaw rov qab muaj lub zoo dua ntawm txiav tawm feem ntau ntawm cov hubbub nyob ib ncig ntawm koj.

Qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws rau kuv, tab sis yog tias ob tus qauv tau zoo dua rau kuv tshaj li lub LCD-3, uas clamped kuv cov temples nyuaj ua rau kuv tsis tau sawv los hnav nws ntev. Tag nrho cov qauv nyob rau hauv txoj kab Audeze tam sim no muaj lub pob ntseg uas siv qis qis, plusher npuas; Kuv tsis xav mloog li 10 feeb nrog LCD-X kom pom tias nws yuav tsis tau txais, tab sis nws tsis ua li.

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Audioengine D3 USB DAC / Lub mloog pob ntseg Amp

Brent Butterworth

Tom qab qhov kev vam meej Soundquest tau txaus siab nrog nws $ 249 DragonFly USB digital-to-analog converter / lub mloog pob ntseg amp, lwm cov tuam txhab tau dhia nrog cov khoom zoo sib xws. Nws yog lub tswv yim txaus siab: ib yam dab tsi qhov loj ntawm ib tug USB nco stick uas yuav ua rau koj lub computer zoo dua. Ntawm RMAF, Audioengine tau qhia nws cov DAC / AMP yav tom ntej, qhov $ 189 D3, uas yuav tsum muaj rau li ntawm 6 lub lis piam.

D3 sib txuas ntxiv ntawm ib qho 24/96 DAC, Texas Instrument amplifier nti, thiab ib qho hlau khov hlau. Raws li Soundengine lub Brady Bargenquast, "Peb mloog ib pawg lus ntawm lub mloog pob ntseg mloog thiab khaws cov lus uas peb nyiam tshaj plaws."

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Beyerdynamic T51P lub mloog pob ntseg

Brent Butterworth

Qhov zoo tshaj plaws tshiab compact lub mloog pob ntseg kuv hnov ​​ntawm RMAF yog no sleek me ntsis ntawm Beyerdynamic. Tus $ 289 T51p tshiab dhau los T50p nrog 60-ohm neeg tsav tsheb siab-impedance, zoo dua cable hais kom muaj tsawg dua suab nrov, ntau lub pob ntseg zoo thiab lub hau nrog txo qis quab yuam. Kuv xav tias nws tsis nyuaj heev rau hauv qhov nruab nrab thiab siab. Thiab rau ib tug-pob ntseg, yam tsawg kawg, nws yog super-xis.

Nyob rau hauv daim duab saum toj no, lub T51p's zaum ntawm atop Beyerdynamics 'zoo nraug tshiab A 20 lub mloog pob ntseg amplifier. Qhov $ 649 20 lub yeeb yam uas muaj dual 1/4-inch thiab tagnrho cov xaim hluav taws xob uas tsis muaj txua los yog txuas ntxiv.

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Carot Ib Lub Taub Hau Kev Amp

Brent Butterworrth

Kuv tsis paub ntau txog Carot One, tab sis kuv paub tias kuv nyiam nws. Qhov no $ 699 mini-amp siv ib lub raj xa dej 6DJ8 thiab muaj kev hais lus tawm nrog rau lub mloog pob ntseg, yog li koj siv tau rau tog twg los. Nws muaj analog thiab USB digital inputs, yog li nws ua hauj lwm nrog koj lub computer los yog koj lub tsev kawm ntawv qub analog-tso tau cov khoom siv.

Raws li Arnold Martinez ntawm khw Tweak Studio, lub amp los ntawm nws qhov chaw tsim tshuaj paus Italian tsis muaj nplooj ntawv specs, yog li kuv tau muab cov ntsiab lus txog nws cov thawj ntawm lub vas sab. Nkawd nws siv 15-watt-ib-Channel Class T amp (zoo li cov nqis mini-amps ntawm Lepai thiab Topping).

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Sony XBA-H3 thiab XBA-H1 Hybrid Hauv Lub Ntsej Hau

Brent Butterworth

Sony's muaj ib qho kev ntaus loj nrog nws qhov kev lag luam hauv-pob ntseg. Tus $ 70 XBA-C10IP tsuas yog tawm ntawm 14 lub taubhau rau lwm qhov hauv kuv tawm tsam qhov kev pabcuam rau Wirecutter. RMAF pom lub community launch ntawm ob lub qauv tshiab uas siv cov tshuab siv hybrid, kev sib npaug kom tsav tsheb nrog cov txheej txheem tsav tsav siv feem ntau hauv pob ntseg. Lub tswv yim yog, koj tau txais lub siab sib tw ntawm kev sib luag nrog lub hwj chim - zoo, dynamics, thiab ntses bass thaj tsam - ntawm tus tsav tsheb dynamic.

Tus qauv chunkier uas koj pom saum toj no yog $ 349 XBA-H3, uas muaj kev sib luag ob leeg thiab ib tus neeg tsav tsheb khiav nkaus xwb. Ib qho me me yog $ 149 XBA-H1, nrog ib zaug ib leeg kev sib luag thiab ib qho dynamic. Lub qub hits txee nyob rau hauv Lub Kaum Ob Hlis, lub yav tas nyob rau hauv Kaum ib hlis.

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V-Moda XL Nco Cushions rau M-100

Brent Butterworth

Tus V-Moda Crossfade M-100 yog neeg nyiam heev ntawm lub mloog pob ntseg thiab tus nyiam. Thaj, kuv tsis yog tib tug neeg uas pom nws khawm ib tad dhau. Lub $ 20 XL Cushions nco ua M-100 ntau ntau, ua tsaug rau lawv cov mos, tuab nco ua npuas ncauj.

"Peb tau siv ib xyoo ua haujlwm rau qhov no, vim peb tsis xav hloov lub cim npe ntawm M-100," V-Moda Karl Detken hais rau kuv. "Tab sis nws suab ntau me ntsis dav, vim qhov tas tus tsav tsheb me ntsis ntxiv ntawm koj lub pob ntseg."

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Resonessence Labs Herus DSD DAC / Lub mloog pob ntseg Amp

Brent Butterworth

Direct Stream Digital - lub ntsis-qhov digital suab Sony championed nrog tam sim no-zoo nkauj-ntau-tuag Super Audio CD hom - yog tau lub neej tshiab ua tsaug rau cov downloads, uas tam sim no muaj nyob rau ntau qhov chaw. Tab sis feem ntau DSD-muaj digital-to-analog hloov siab (DACs) raug nqi $ 1,000 thiab nce. Lub Resonessence Labs Herus undercuts lawv los ntawm ntau tshaj ib nrab, tuaj nyob rau ntawm nyob rau hauv cia li $ 350.

Cia li ntsaws cov Herus ntawm USB mus rau hauv lub computer nrog DSD playback software, thiab koj muaj high-res digital audio. Koj tuaj yeem ntsaws pob ntseg ncaj qha mus rau Herus lub pob ntseg ntawm 1/4-inch, los yog siv ib qho adapter mus txuas rau lub tso suab. Nws yog tau tshaj 64 x thiab 128x DSD cov ntaub ntawv, DXD ntaub ntawv, thiab tus qauv PCM cov ntaub ntawv txog li 24-ntsis / 352-kilohertz daws teeb meem.

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JH Suab Roxanne Hauv Lub Ntsej Hau

Brent Butterworth

Kwv yees cov neeg tsav tsheb coob npaum li cas hauv txhua lub pob ntseg ntawm tus tshiab JH suab Roxanne? Tsis ncaj ncees. Yog tias koj paub ib yam dab tsi txog lub mloog pob ntseg, tej zaum koj tau twv los plaub, tab sis tsis yog - nws yog 12 . Yep, ib lub teb. Vim li cas thiaj muaj ntau? "Nws yog thawj zaug hauv pob ntseg pob ntseg nrog cov lus teb dhau los 20 kHz," JH suab founder Jerry Harvey qhia kuv. Harvey ntxiv piav qhia tias lub impedance ntawm balanced nruab nrab tsav tsheb siv hauv cov hom ntawm headphones nce sharply thaum nws ze 20 kHz, yog li los ntawm kev siv ntau ntawm lawv mus tib seem, nws tau txo qhov impedance thiab txhim kho cov treble teb.

Txhua lub pob nchuav txuas nrog plaub-kab lus txuas, uas tau muab JH lub peev xwm los ntxiv ib qho kev tswj hauv kev sib tsoo, uas Harvey tau qhia tias koj muaj 15-dB ntau ntawm kev hloov. Nws kuj ua haujlwm nrog JH's FreqPhase lub mloog pob ntseg amps, uas muaj kev kho nyob rau hauv kom tshem tawm cov teebmeem distortion thiab yog li ua tiav cov lus teb thiab ntau qhov chaw sib txawv.

Qhov $ 1,599 Roxanne muaj tam sim no nyob rau hauv ib daim ntawv uas muaj ntaub ntawv (qhov pwm ntawm koj lub pob ntseg yog siv los ua pob khoom zoo zoo), thiab yuav muaj rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis nyob rau hauv ib txoj kab dav dav dav uas siv cov txheej txheem pob ntseg hauv pob ntseg. Nws kuj muaj nyob rau hauv cov roj carbon fiber ntau tau qhia ntawm no, rau $ 200 ntxiv. "Cov roj carbon tsis muaj cov nyhuv rau lub suab, nws tsuas yog ntxiv rau kev sib daj sib deev," Harvey said.

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ALO Audio Island DAC / lub mloog pob ntseg amp

Brent Butterworth

Kuv tsis paub yog hais tias Teb Chaws Asmeskas cov tub rog cov nyiaj siv nyiaj milspec USB DAC / amps, tab sis lub $ 299 Kob zoo li nws yuav haum rau daim nqi. Lub rugged aluminium mini-amp twb tsis muaj teeb meem tsav tsheb ib tug khub ntawm Audeze tus tsis-heev-sensitive LCD-2 planar-magnetic headphones mus siab heev. Cov khoom siv USB tuaj yeem kho cov teeb meem txog 24/192, thiab peb txoj haujlwm khwv tau ua kom koj zoo-qhib cov amp cov zis kom haum rau koj lub mloog xov tooj. Ntawm chav kawm, qhov loj puag ncig lub pob qhov rooj rau saum yog lub ntim tswj.

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Philips Fidelio L2 Lub taub hau

Brent Butterworth

Kuv paub, Kuv tau hais tias "10 Cov Khoom Muag Khoom Kub Txias," tab sis cov khoom Audexe tsis suav vim kuv tau sau txog nws ua ntej. Yog li ntawd, tus xov tooj 10 yog Philips Fidelio L2, ib tug tshiab 'n' tau zoo dua qhov version ntawm Fidelio L1, uas kuv rov los ua zoo siab xyoo tas los rau Sound & Vision . Tus $ 299 L2 muaj tus tsav tsheb tsim tshiab nrog kev rhiab heev rau kev ua haujlwm zoo dua thaum ua si ntawm tes thiab ntsiav tshuaj.

Kuv tsis nco qab cov lus L1 ua tau zoo li cas, tab sis kuv luv luv mloog kuv ntseeg tias L2 qhov kev tshaj tawm ntawm treble yog kev kho dua thiab meej.